BIM RnD - Completed

Start date: 2010

Status: Complete

NATSPEC participated in discussions for this study commissioned by the Australian Government’s Built Environment Industry Innovation Council (BEIIC) to examine the potential for BIM to improve the productivity of the building sector.

The result of the study was a report co-funded by buildingSMART Australia, the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE) and others entitled Productivity in the Buildings Network: Assessing the Impacts of Building Information Models (Allen Consulting Group, 2010), which found that accelerating the adoption of building information modelling (BIM) in the Australian built environment sector could improve productivity.

Read more about the report. Click on the link at bottom of page to download

Start date: 2010

Status: Complete

NATSPEC hosted a survey on current patterns of use of BIM in Australia as part of the economic study commissioned by the Australian Government’s Built Environment Industry Innovation Council (BEIIC) to examine the potential for BIM to improve the productivity of the building sector. (See BEIIC BIM Economic study.)

See a summary of the survey results in Chapter 5 of the BEIIC study report. Click on the link at bottom of page to download

Start date: 2006

Status: Complete

NATSPEC was a partner in this research project which had the goal of developing software applications to integrate specification documents with digital building models. The applications provided a high degree of cross-referencing between the two.

Read more on the project page

Start date: 2009

Status: Complete

NATSPEC participated in discussions and commented on draft documents during the development of the guideline and case study documents. The Guidelines were developed to initiate discussion and involvement across the Australian construction industry on the collaborative use of BIM in order to encourage the development and adoption of common national standards of practice.

Read more and download Guidelines and Case Studies from the project page

Start date: 2008

Status: Complete

NATSPEC undertook this study in response to enquiries by a number of subscribers about developments in construction information classification systems due to its relevance to BIM. The results are summarised in the NATSPEC TECHreport Information classification systems and the Australian construction industry. NATSPEC sought the views of interested subscribers and industry representatives during the study.

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